"Turbulent were the times and fiery was the love story of Zhivago, his wife and the passionate, tender Lara."

1965

3h 20m

7.5(1195 votes)

Drama

Romance

War

Overview

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

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Cast & Crew

42 members

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Omar Sharif

Dr. Yuri Zhivago

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Julie Christie

Lara Antipova

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Geraldine Chaplin

Tonya Gromeko

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Rod Steiger

Viktor Komarovsky

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Alec Guinness

Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

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Tom Courtenay

Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

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Siobhán McKenna

Anna

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Ralph Richardson

Alexander Gromeko

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Rita Tushingham

The Girl

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Adrienne Corri

Amelia

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Bernard Kay

The Bolshevik

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Geoffrey Keen

Medical Professor

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Klaus Kinski

Kostoyed Amourski

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Jeffrey Rockland

Sasha

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Gérard Tichy

Liberius

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Noel Willman

Razin, Liberius' Lieutenant

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Tarek Sharif

Yuri at 8 Years Old

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Jack MacGowran

Petya

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Mark Eden

Engineer at dam

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Erik Chitty

Sergei (Old Soldier)

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Roger Maxwell

Beef-Faced Colonel

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Wolf Frees

Delegate

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Gwen Nelson

Female Janitor

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Lucy Westmore

Katya

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Lili Muráti

The Train Jumper

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Peter Madden

Political Officer

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Luana Alcañiz

Mrs. Sventytski (uncredited)

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Emilio Carrer

Mr. Sventytski (uncredited)

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José María Caffarel

Militiaman (uncredited)

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Catherine Ellison

Raped Woman (uncredited)

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Víctor Israel

Hospital Inmate (uncredited)

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Inigo Jackson

Major (uncredited)

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Leo Lähteenmäki

Siberian Husband (uncredited)

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María Martín

Gentlewoman (uncredited)

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José Nieto

Priest (uncredited)

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Ricardo Palacios

Extra (uncredited)

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Ingrid Pitt

Extra (uncredited)

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Robert Rietti

Kostoyed (voice) (uncredited)

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Virgílio Teixeira

Captain (uncredited)

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María Vico

Demented Woman (uncredited)

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Pilar Gómez Ferrer

(uncredited)

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Aldo Sambrell

(uncredited)

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